Holi khele Nandlala biraj mein
Posted on: March 27, 2013
“Raahi” (1953) was a Naya Sansaar Production movie. It was directted by K A Abbas. The movie had Dev Anand, Nalini Jaiwant, Habib Tanvir, Balraj Sahni, K. Sethi, Manmohan Krishnan, Achla Sachdev, S. Michael, Rasheed, Shaukat Hashmi, David Abraham etc in it.
On the occasion of Holi today (27 march 2013), here is a wonderful Holi song from “Raahi” (1953). This song is a surprisingly lesser known Holi song. Even the details of the song are not fully known.
This song is sung by Ira Majumdar and a few unknown male voices, in addition to the chorus. Dasrath Lal is the lyricist and music is composed by Anil Biswas.
I find the picturisation as well as the audio of this song quite interesting. The lyrics of the song are of Western UP origin. The initial dance and music sound like from Bengal. Subsequently the female dancers are shown dancing Assam’s Bihu dance, while male dancers dance a dance from some other region. And the music that plays has percussion instruments playing desi beats as well as beats that sound videshi in some parts. Subsequently the dances change to some other dance forms.
I can identify Dev Anand (who plays a bystander) while a pretty looking Nalini Jaiwant lip syncs in Ira Majumdar’s voice. There are unknown actors who lip syncing in equally unknown voices. I request our knowledgeable readers to help identify these actors, voices etc.
The lyrics of this song were sent to me by Avinash Scrapwala and later by Nitin Shah and I too have devoted considerable time in listening to the lyrics, but there are still gaps in the lyrics that have remained undeciphered. I request our readers with keener ears to help fill in the gaps/ point our the errors in the lyrics.
Video
Audio
Song-Holi khele nandlala biraj mein (Raahi)(1953) Singers-Ira Majumdar, Unknown Male voice 1, Unknown male voice 2, Lyrics-Dashrath Lal, MD-Anil Biswas
Female chorus
Chorus
Lyrics(Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
Holi khele nandlala biraj mein
Holi khele nandlala
Holi hai
Holi khele nandlala biraj mein
Holi khele nandlala
Holi khele nandlala biraj mein
Holi khele nandlala
Holi khele nandlala biraj mein
Holi khele nandlala
Krishna Ke haath chalat pichkaari
Krishna Ke haathe chalat pichkaari
haan radha ke haathe abeeraa
Holi hai
Radha ke haathe abeeraa
Biraj mein
Holi khele nandlala
Holi khele nandlala biraj mein
Holi khele nandlala
Rabba kaahe ko bajaaye
tarsaaye jiyaraa
Rabba kaahe ko
O Rabba kaahe ko bajaaye
tarsaaye jiyaraa
Rabba kaahe ko
O rabba kaahe ko bajaaye
tarsaaye jiyaraa
Rabba kaahe ko
?????
Chhoti chhoti naari gazab nainaa
Rabba kaahe ko
Holi hai
Chhoti chhoti naari gazab nainaa
Rabba kaahe ko
danka ko bajaaye mero man ko lubhaaye
danka ko bajaaye mero man ko lubhaaye
Holi khelenge sang tore angnaa
Rabba kaahe ko
Holi hai
Holi khelenge sang tore anganaa
Rabba kaahe ko
ho Rabba kaahe ko bajaaye
tarsaaye jiyaraa
Rabba kaahe ko
Jis gali aao (?) patiyaan
chale hamri sab sakhiyaan
Jis gali aao (?) patiyaan
Jis gali aao (?) patiyaan
chale hamri sab sakhiyaan
Jis gali aao (?) patiyaan
Ho rama ho
ho rama ho
Ho rama ho
ho rama ho
(Donkey’s bray)
Mem saheb aayi ban thhan ke
Holi hai
Saheb aaye ban thhan ke
Mem saheb aaye ban thhan ke
Holi hai
Saheb aaye ban thhan ke
aage aage mem saheb peechhe firangiyaa
aage aage mem saheb peechhe firangiyaa
Soda ki bottle bagal mein
Holi hai
Soda ki bottle bagal mein lagaaye
Saheb aaye ban thhan ke
ae ji ghunghardaar tera baal
Ghunghardaar
waah re waah
ghunghardaar tera baal
honth tere laal laal
seb jaisa gol gaal
waah re bilaayti maal
Holi hai
Holi hai
4 Responses to "Holi khele Nandlala biraj mein"
March 27, 2013 at 2:05 pm
A better quality video clip is available at http://youtu.be/wnJNkbGhnv4.
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March 27, 2013 at 9:55 pm
Excellent choreography here. I am intrigued about you saying that the dance style is actually a medley from various regions. It sounds like a proper holi song/dance that a village or a mohalla puts up.
The youtube link mentioned Prem Dhawan as the lyricist whereas you have mentioned the name of Dashrath Lal.
The dancers also seem to be teasing a foreigner lady who is clicking pics. They have her ‘effigy’ on display and also seem to be tugging and pulling at her, poor thing.
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March 27, 2013 at 11:55 am
The first lines are repeated in Baagban and sung by Amitabh Bachchan. That said, this is a seldom heard Holi number. Thanks to all you for the effort in unearthing this number.
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